(Bloomberg) -- The world land speed record of 763 miles per hour (1,228 kilometers per hour) is under threat. The Bloodhound LSR car has arrived at Hakskeenpan, a dry salt lake bed in South Africa’s ...

A 60-year-old veteran speed racer has died after his vehicle flew out of control while trying to set a new record on the salt flats of Utah. Chris Raschke of Ventura, California, was hoping to make ...

Thompson’s Challenger 2 made a pass of 446.605 mph (718.741 km/h) on August 11 on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and backed it up the next day with a 450.909-mph (725.668-km/h) pass for an average ...

Hyundai’s Tucson Fuel Cell recently set the land speed record for a production hydrogen-powered SUV at the Soggy Dry Lake Bed of the California desert, with a top speed of 94.6 mph. The Tucson Fuel ...

Denise Mueller-Korenek is the fastest human to ride a bike over open ground. In a feat of engineering, physics and sheer drive, Mueller-Korenek reached a speed of 296 km/h — or nearly 184 miles per ...